The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-02-05
Ing what the other desires and hence,
where trade Is prodtaOle


where trade Is prodtaole.
And admitting the claims OF the PROBES.
sor As TO the " true theory of trade that
II Ia made because both parties to II profit
by it's 1t not apparent that If tie trade is
made between the different sections Of the
cOuntry--that Is, II the trade is domestic
We retain both profits; whereas II II is for.
eign, we get put one raise corn and buy
hats. do this because here In Illinois
can produce more hats by raising corn than
could If forced to expend my labor upon
the making of hats directly-and my profit
consists in this saving of labor by means Of
trade. No Free Trader will deny this, as
it Is one Of his postulates. James, In tine
state Of Maine, can raise" more corn by
making hats AMI exchanging for II, than he
could If fCrcei to raise 1t directly in that
inhospitable soil, His profit consists in a
like saving of labor, and this Is all that
could possibly be made by foreign trade.
Now has not the country gained precisely
rs much by domestic as it could by foreign
trade? And if it has gained as much has
it not grown rich as fastY Try your boot
straps again, Professor, lift hard, and you
may rise high enough to see the fields of
production on both sides of the fence; be.
hold the fact that trade Is but one method
Nf meditation which 10 for aypallaI bN "A
development Of the natural resources of the
nation, and that tariff il as necessary 70
their proper development, as civil law Il
evolve the highest good of society.
The wealth produced by manufacture
az compared with that produced by trade
is the wealth of Massachusetts, compared
with that of South Carolina To show that
we can buy cheaper abroad than we car
produce at home, Is not conclusive reason
why we should do so. South Carolina al
ways acted upon the theory and purchased
her manufactures instead of making them
Massachusetts made instead of purchasing
them. View the result The resulting
wealth, arising from manufacturing, has
ouadrupled the value of all kinds OF prop
erty within the state. All natural advanta
ges Of soil, climate and production were II
favor of South Carolina. Adopting the
theory of the Professor that leach nation
should produce that which it Is best adapt
ed to produce" she confined herself to ag
ricuiture. and supplied her other wants b.
trade, and in 1880 she had comparativel.
nothing but her land-the improved por
ton of which was worth but $12 90 pc
acre. Massachusetts, upon the contrary
purchased nothing she could make, and IL
1880 her black and sterile hills were Gov
cred with manufacturing towns and cities
and her barren soil was worth $40 90 pc
acre. The one has been dominated by tn,
principles ard traditions of Free Trade
The other of Protection. Choose We be
tween them.
Anticipating probable reply, VIII Oh
viate the difficulty by drawing cOmpari
son between two of the old slave state
similarly situated Maryland and Georgid
Though not a great yet Maryland has eve
been quasi manufacturing state. In 1873
with population of $4,000, Marylan
manufactured s1O6,OOO,OOO of produce
Georgia, with a population of l,5i20O(
manufactured but $36,0O0,0O0 worth. TIL
improved land of Maryland was worth -
per acre. That of Georgia, but 1880, an
the difference in value of all kinds Of prop
erty Is as marked as that of land. The sol
and climate of Kentucky are excelled b.
no state In the Union. The soil and eli
mate of Maine are excelled by all, VIII
are the farms of Maine worth more pc
acre than those of Kentucky, If 1t is not tn
result of manufactures in Name
Not only manufacturing states outstri
the accommodating, in all that pertain
to wealth and progress, but manufacturin
cities outstrip the non. manufacturing Il
the same state, and the same rule hold
good with the cities and nations through
out the world. That system which stint
lates manufacturing creates wealth. Tn
valuation of Rhode Island, the smalles
state In the Union is equal to that of prou
Old Virginia, the mother of Washington
and Jefferson, apd Madison, and Monroe
and Tyler, and Randolph, and Lee, an
Henry. And why? The spirit of protet
ton aroused the energies and directed tn
policy of Rhode Island, and all that me-
labor for, of refinement and education, an
progress, has taken up It's abode within
her borders, whereas the spirit of Ere
Trade, in the present as in the past sit
like nightmare upon the energies OF tn
people OF that old commonwealth, tn
&" Mother of Presidents, IS and behold the II
suit. The traditions and spirit of Fire
Trade is the ever present, bliGhting, will
erlng curse of Virginia. Compare wit
her New England with her annual produC
of 81 ,1O6, 100000 of manufactures; NeV
York, with her 81 ,OSl 100000; Pennsylv'
mia with her S775. 100000; Maryland, wit